starve

/stɑ:v/
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Definition

  1. Verb (Intransitive):

    • To suffer or die from extreme hunger: The primary meaning refers to the severe physical condition caused by a prolonged lack of food.
    • To feel very hungry (informal): Used informally to express a strong feeling of hunger.
    • To suffer from a severe lack of something: To be deprived of something essential or greatly desired.

  2. Verb (Transitive):

    • To cause to suffer or die from hunger: To deprive someone or something of food.
    • To deprive of something necessary: To withhold something essential, causing suffering or poor function.
Examples of Usage

  • Verb (Intransitive):

    • During the famine, many people starved. (They died from lack of food.)
    • "What's for dinner? I'm starving!" (I am very hungry.)
    • The lonely child starved for affection. (The child desperately lacked affection.)

  • Verb (Transitive):

    • The cruel king starved his prisoners. (He caused them to suffer from hunger.)
    • Running the engine at high RPMs starves it of oil. (It deprives the engine of necessary oil.)
Advanced Usage
  • "to starve someone/something into (doing) something": To force a person, group, or entity to do something by depriving them of necessities.
    • The siege was meant to starve the city into surrender.
  • "to starve for/of something": To have a strong desire or need for something non-physical.
    • The artist's soul starved for inspiration.
Variants and Related Words
  • Starvation (n): The state or process of suffering or dying from hunger.
    • The images showed the effects of starvation.
  • Starving (adj): Suffering from or dying of hunger; (informally) very hungry.
    • They provided aid to the starving population.
Synonyms
  • Famish: To suffer from extreme hunger (more formal/literary).
  • Go hungry: To not have enough to eat.
  • Deprive: To deny someone the possession or use of something (broader term).
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Starve out: To force someone to leave a place by preventing supplies, especially food, from reaching them.
    • The rebels were eventually starved out of their mountain hideout.
Related Idioms
  • Starve a fever, feed a cold: A traditional saying about how to treat illness (its medical accuracy is debated).
  • Be starved of/for attention: To desperately want or need attention from others.
    • The puppy, left alone all day, was starved for attention.
Verb
  1. deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
    • he is starving her of love
    • The engine was starved of fuel
  2. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
  3. deprive of food
    • They starved the prisoners
  4. die of food deprivation
    • The political prisoners starved to death
    • Many famished in the countryside during the drought
  5. be hungry; go without food
    • Let's eat--I'm starving!

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